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SRSFC Blackberry Agent Training August 4, 2009

SRSFC Blackberry Agent Training August 4, 2009. Gina_Fernandez@ncsu.edu North Carolina State University. Caneberries….exciting days are here. Available year round Interest in locally produced food Health benefits rival blueberry Consumption increasing Varietal improvement New types

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SRSFC Blackberry Agent Training August 4, 2009

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  1. SRSFC Blackberry Agent TrainingAugust 4, 2009 Gina_Fernandez@ncsu.edu North Carolina State University

  2. Caneberries….exciting days are here • Available year round • Interest in locally produced food • Health benefits rival blueberry • Consumption increasing • Varietal improvement • New types • New production systems

  3. Exciting days for SE blackberry (and raspberry) industry

  4. What we will cover • Site selection • Blackberry biology 101 • Trellis systems • NC yields

  5. Site Selection • Prepare 1 year in advance • Full sun, good air movement, adequate soil moisture

  6. Soils • Deep well drained loamy soil • 3%OM • pH 5.5-6.5 • Sandy w/irrigation • Heavy soils w/drainage and raised beds

  7. Site Preparation • Soil tests • Eliminate noxious weeds • Remove barriers for good air drainage • Address areas in field having poor drainage • Remove wild brambles within 600’

  8. Blackberryology 101 • Roots are perennial • Fibrous and relatively shallow • Strong sink for carbon (store a lot) • Biennial above ground growth • Primocanes, first year growth • Floricanes, second year growth • Fruit • Aggregate fruit • Druplets (same structure as a peach)

  9. Climate requirements • Raspberries • Cool summers, sustained cold winter temperatures • Blackberries • High temperatures (FF types) • Tolerate fluctuating winter temperatures in NC (don’t break dormancy) • Don’t do well below 10F (lower reports)

  10. Growth Habit • Erect • Semi-erect • Trailing

  11. Thorns • Thorny • Thornless

  12. Trellis systems “There are many types of trellis for different places and for different plants” • Wikipedia

  13. Trellis • Increase yield • Facilitate harvest • Easier to manage • $

  14. V trellis

  15. T trellis

  16. T trellis

  17. Shift trellis • Shift trellis • Orientation of canopy changes after bloom • Fruiting side of canopy faces afternoon sun

  18. Marketable yield and average berry size in Oxford and Salisbury

  19. Primocane Fruiting Blackberries:Laurel Springs

  20. 2008 Yield Components

  21. High TunnelsSalisbury, Mills River and Laurel Springs

  22. Blackberry Resources • SRSFC website www.smallfruits.org • 2008 Southeast Regional Guides (IPM and Production Guides) • Newsletters (home/smallfruitnews) • Budgets, NEW Blackberry, PF raspberry soon (crops/brambles/production) • Berry Diagnostic Tool- Google • http://www.ncsu.edu/project/berries/diagnostic_tool/blackberry_diagnostic_tool.html • Raspberry and Blackberry Production Guide (NRAES) • County agents, State Extension Specialists

  23. Thanks!

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